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reasonsforhope · 3 months
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It’s an open secret in fashion. Unsold inventory goes to the incinerator; excess handbags are slashed so they can’t be resold; perfectly usable products are sent to the landfill to avoid discounts and flash sales. The European Union wants to put an end to these unsustainable practices. On Monday, [December 4, 2023], it banned the destruction of unsold textiles and footwear.
“It is time to end the model of ‘take, make, dispose’ that is so harmful to our planet, our health and our economy,” MEP Alessandra Moretti said in a statement. “Banning the destruction of unsold textiles and footwear will contribute to a shift in the way fast fashion manufacturers produce their goods.”
This comes as part of a broader push to tighten sustainable fashion legislation, with new policies around ecodesign, greenwashing and textile waste phasing in over the next few years. The ban on destroying unsold goods will be among the longer lead times: large businesses have two years to comply, and SMEs have been granted up to six years. It’s not yet clear on whether the ban applies to companies headquartered in the EU, or any that operate there, as well as how this ban might impact regions outside of Europe.
For many, this is a welcome decision that indirectly tackles the controversial topics of overproduction and degrowth. Policymakers may not be directly telling brands to produce less, or placing limits on how many units they can make each year, but they are penalising those overproducing, which is a step in the right direction, says Eco-Age sustainability consultant Philippa Grogan. “This has been a dirty secret of the fashion industry for so long. The ban won’t end overproduction on its own, but hopefully it will compel brands to be better organised, more responsible and less greedy.”
Clarifications to come
There are some kinks to iron out, says Scott Lipinski, CEO of Fashion Council Germany and the European Fashion Alliance (EFA). The EFA is calling on the EU to clarify what it means by both “unsold goods” and “destruction”. Unsold goods, to the EFA, mean they are fit for consumption or sale (excluding counterfeits, samples or prototypes)...
The question of what happens to these unsold goods if they are not destroyed is yet to be answered. “Will they be shipped around the world? Will they be reused as deadstock or shredded and downcycled? Will outlet stores have an abundance of stock to sell?” asks Grogan.
Large companies will also have to disclose how many unsold consumer products they discard each year and why, a rule the EU is hoping will curb overproduction and destruction...
Could this shift supply chains?
For Dio Kurazawa, founder of sustainable fashion consultancy The Bear Scouts, this is an opportunity for brands to increase supply chain agility and wean themselves off the wholesale model so many rely on. “This is the time to get behind innovations like pre-order and on-demand manufacturing,” he says. “It’s a chance for brands to play with AI to understand the future of forecasting. Technology can help brands be more intentional with what they make, so they have less unsold goods in the first place.”
Grogan is equally optimistic about what this could mean for sustainable fashion in general. “It’s great to see that this is more ambitious than the EU’s original proposal and that it specifically calls out textiles. It demonstrates a willingness from policymakers to create a more robust system,” she says. “Banning the destruction of unsold goods might make brands rethink their production models and possibly better forecast their collections.”
One of the outstanding questions is over enforcement. Time and again, brands have used the lack of supply chain transparency in fashion as an excuse for bad behaviour. Part of the challenge with the EU’s new ban will be proving that brands are destroying unsold goods, not to mention how they’re doing it and to what extent, says Kurazawa. “Someone obviously knows what is happening and where, but will the EU?”"
-via British Vogue, December 7, 2023
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architectureofdoom · 4 months
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Garden/terrace on unfinished construction, Randazzo
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remash · 1 month
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granary house ~ mima housing | photo credit: josé campos
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ginger-by-the-sea · 2 months
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urban-homesteading · 1 year
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Great for those expensive wool socks.
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arc-hus · 11 days
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Stable Conversion, Chernex, Switzerland - Link Architectes
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neriumcrafts · 6 months
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I’ve owned a sewing machine for 5 hours and I’ve already made a gown length skirt from my old tulle bed frame canopy
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ghostowlattic · 2 years
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Post Tomorrow Hyper Stained Glass Train Abodes
further variations on these in a more stylized view 
by ghost owl attic
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balkanradfem · 4 months
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Lately I've been pleased whenever I find a way to make use of something that would otherwise get thrown away; for instance, I learned that you can use scrunched-up aluminium foil to scrub pans and pots, instead of that ball of wire you can buy!
The walnuts that you can't completely clean out of shells, are a great bird snack, who can get their beaks in there. Fruit that is starting to go bad/already has gone bad, is a great food for butterflies. Any food that's starting to get rotten can be a great addition to a compost pile and a snack for any worm. Citrus peels can be used to infuse vinegar to make nice-smelling cleaning solution. Or they can be made into sugared candy! Lemon slices that make a great winter decoration, can be used as a halloween decoration later when they turn black. Any small carboard box you have can be used for organizing, and if you have a big one, you can put a wooden board on it and create a little shelf to put plants on! An old cracked aquarium can be used as a little greenhouse, or an extra shelf on top of a surface. Old newspapers and old clothing can be cut into strips or tubes, and weaved into baskets. Old paper egg cartons can be soaked, blended and then turned into paper. Any plastic container can get a hole at the bottom and grow a plant in it.
Please tell me more things that you know how to reuse that would otherwise just be thrown away! I want more of this knowledge.
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copperbadge · 7 months
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I replaced my old tablet with a new one before going to Europe, because I didn't want to take a full laptop but I knew my elderly tablet wouldn't handle the travel well. I'm using the new one for reading and such, but I didn't want the old one just languishing in a drawer forever, so I bought a pair of wall mounts for it and installed it on one of my kitchen cupboards. It's now my jukebox, podcast player, and recipe book whenever I'm in the kitchen. (I'm waiting on some moldable utility putty to arrive and I'll fix the cord a little more elegantly.)
[ID: A kitchen cabinet over a counter, very 80s style with wood grain trim. Attached to the cabinet door are a pair of plastic "mounting" corners; sitting in the corners is a tablet with the screen lit up, showing a handful of icons including links to my recipe files and an audio player. The tablet's charging cord is plugged into it and currently taped to the surface of the cabinet door inelegantly.]
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nyc-looks · 7 months
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Nikki, 28
“This dress is made by me for my brand, Nectarine, from repurposed bedding, and my sneakers are from Palladium. I’m inspired by the beautiful things that people dispose of – I love layering colors and textures, mending and altering my clothing to give it the longest life possible.”
Aug 19, 2023 ∙ Williamsburg
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fedsghost · 1 month
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Handmade bottlecap pins !!!!
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architectureofdoom · 1 year
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The Iron Mountain storage facility is a high-security storage facility in a former limestone mine at Boyers, Pennsylvania, near the city of Butler.
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remash · 1 month
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house14a ~ pihlmann architects | fotografi: hampus berndtson
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swallowsummer · 1 month
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If you’re going to mend the same trouser knee again, why not set your child up for lots of hilarious puns at the same time?
Reusing some old embroidery from a stained baby top as a patch for a mend. :) There were another five bees, so more will be coming out of hibernation soon…
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millionmovieproject · 3 months
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Austin Community College in Austin, TX
MORE. OF. THIS.
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